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Definitions: Readiness |
ReadinessNoun1. The state of being ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them in readiness". 2. Prompt willingness: "readiness to continue discussions". 3. (psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way; "the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set". 4. A natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "readiness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Language | Le fait, pour une personne, d'être prête, sur tous les plans (psychologique, mental, physique), apprendre quelque chose. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: ReadinessSynonyms: facility (n), preparedness (n), set (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Elegance | Noun: elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness, readiness; Adjective: concinnity, euphony, numerosity; Atticism, classicalism, classicism. |
Memory | Noun: memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness; tenacity; veteris vestigia flammae; tablets of the memory; readiness. |
Preparation | Prepared; Verb: in readiness; ready, ready to one's band, ready made, ready cut and dried: made to one's hand, handy, on the table; in gear; in working order,in working gear; snug; in practice. |
Be prepared, be ready; Adjective:; hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry; lie in wait for; (expect); anticipate; (foresee); principiis obstare; veniente occurrere morbo. | |
Preparedness, readiness, ripeness, mellowness; maturity; un impromptu fait a loisir. | |
Skill | Cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius; intelligence; sharpness, readiness; (activity); invention; aptness, aptitude; turn for, capacity for, genius for; felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas, qualification, habilitation. |
Unwillingness | Noun: unwillingness; Adjective: indisposition, indisposedness; disinclination, aversation; nolleity, nolition; renitence, renitency; reluctance; indifference; backwardness; Adjective: slowness; want of alacrity,want of readiness; indocility; (obstinacy). |
Willingness | Geniality, cordiality; goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness, forwardness; eagerness; (desire). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. (Hamlet; writing credit: William Shakespeare; Kenneth Branagh) | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | While making the above reservations the Federal Council declares its readiness to examine in the most friendly spirit any proposals which the French Government may deem it convenient to make on the subject. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There was a pen on the table, a leaden inkstand, and some paper in readiness for chance reports and the orders of the night patrol. |
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Health | Policy changes that increase opportunities for physical activity can facilitate activity maintenance for motivated individuals and increase readiness to change among the less motivated. (references) | |
Business | The Army Ordnance Readiness and Development Center handles R&D, production, and maintenance of armored vehicles. (references) | |
Readiness to provide pre- and post-sale consulting and engineering assistance is considered to be important for successfully entering the Spanish market. (references) | ||
American companies have an advantage over European producers owing to the fact that the time from conception to market readiness is much shorter for them in comparison to the Europeans. (references) | ||
Economic History | Bahrain | Joint air and ground exercises also have been planned and executed to increase readiness throughout the Gulf. (references) |
Armenia | The plants are in various stages of readiness, starting with almost greenfield and ending with " operating facilities. (references) | |
Denmark | This means fax or e-mail for routine communications and a readiness to employ overnight courier service when necessary. (references) | |
Human Rights | Argentina | The Coordinator Against Police and Institutional Repression (CORREPI), a group of lawyers which tracks such cases, reported that security forces killed 98 unarmed persons in cases known as "gatillo facil" (easy trigger or readiness to shoot first) between November 1, 2000 and November 30, 2001, compared with 81 cases the year before. (references) |
Political Economy | Luxembourg | At the Summit and in public declarations since, members of the government have warned of their readiness to apply their power of veto, particularly should a marked decrease in national revenues be observed as a result of the proposed measures. (references) |
Trade | Slovak Rep | The Slovak government also informed the EU of its readiness to adopt and implement the acquis by January 2004. Throughout the coming years, trade arrangements, and the administration of customs duties will be modified to conform to EU standards. (references) |
Women | Mauritius | The study stated that 6,367 cases of domestic violence were reported to authorities between September 1998 and August 1999. According to the study, 1,242 protection orders were issued against abusive partners in 1999. According to officials, the number of reported spousal abuse cases has risen primarily due to a greater awareness of women's rights and the Government's readiness to enforce them. (references) |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | If immediately begun, they may be in readiness for service at the opening of the next season. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The agent authorized to receive the money was instructed to inform the French minister of his readiness to do so. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | One of your planes violates our frontier during this anxious time we are both experiencing, when everything has been put into combat readiness. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We have enhanced our readiness and combat endurance by improving the Reserve Components. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | My balanced budget calls for a sustained increase over the next six years for readiness and modernization, and pay and benefits for our troops. |
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| "Readiness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Readiness" is used about 594 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 594 | 10,722 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "readiness": be in readiness ♦ combat readiness ♦ defense readiness condition ♦ flight readiness firing ♦ immediate operational readiness ♦ in readiness ♦ operational readiness ♦ operational readiness evaluation ♦ readiness of mind ♦ readiness to negociate ♦ show readiness ♦ state of readiness ♦ want of readiness. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "readiness": readiness-to-roll. | |
Ending with "readiness": over-readiness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
kindergarten readiness | 88 |
readiness review test | 38 |
school readiness | 27 |
family group readiness | 25 |
reading readiness | 25 |
readiness test kindergarten | 15 |
readiness | 14 |
job readiness | 14 |
euro readiness | 12 |
checklist kindergarten readiness | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "readiness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | behulpsaamheid (helpfulness, readiness to help). (various references) | |
Albanian | zgjuarsi (ability, acuteness, aptness, artfulness, cleverness, finesse, ingeniousness, ingenuity, intelligence, mind, sagacity, shrewdness, smartness, wit), pëlqim (acceptance, accord, bent, compliance, consent, endearment, Favor, favour, gusto, liking, love, partiality, pleasure), gatishmëri (celerity, complaisance, disposition, forwardness, mobility, preparedness, promptitude, willingness). (various references) | |
Arabic | ميل (affection, aptness, bent, bevel, cant, disposition, flair, genius, gradient, gust, gusto, inclination, lean, leaning, liking, obliqueness, obliquity, penchant, persuasion, ply, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, run, sentiment, set, slant, slope, strain, tendency, tip, turn, use, will), قابل الإسترداد عند الطلب, تأهب (alertness, get ready, prepare, preparedness, provide, set, square up to, stand by), سهولة (breeze, ease, easiness, facility, freedom, perspicacity), إستعداد (aptitude, arrangement, fittings, forthcoming, predisposition, preparation, preparedness, ready, willingness), رغبة (craving, desire, device, disposition, hangnail, inclination, longing, lust, mind, stomach, will, willingness, wish), رشاقة (agility, alacrity, deftness, fluency, fluidity, gracefulness, graciousness, lightness, liveliness, nimbleness, quickness, sleight of hand, swiftness, thinness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сръчност (accomplishment, address, agility, deftness, dexterity, facility, hand, handicraft, knack, skill, technic, technique), готовност (alacrity, avidity, eagerness, forwardness, goodwill, preparedness, trim, willingness), охота (appetite, desire, relish, willingness, zest), отзивчивост (receptivity, responsiveness, sympathy), лекота (ease, easiness, facility, fluidity, gentleness, levity, lightness), бързина (agility, celerity, dispatch, expedition, fastness, haste, hastiness, lick, precipitance, promptitude, quickness, rapidity, speed, swiftness), подготвеност (preparedness, qualification). (various references) | |
Chinese | 准备 (PREP, Preparation, Preparatory, Prepare, Prepared, Preparedness, Preparing, readying, warm-up). (various references) | |
Czech | pohotovost (alert, aptitude, despatch, dispatch, trim), připravenost (preparedness), ochota (alacrity, goodwill, promptitude, promptness, willingness), obratnost (adroitness, deftness, dexterity, facility, finesse), úslužnost (complaisance, service). (various references) | |
Danish | akustisk opmaerksomhed (readiness to listen). (various references) | |
Dutch | paraatheid, gereedheid, bereidheid. (various references) | |
Esperanto | preteco. (various references) | |
Farsi | امادگی (Lurch, Penchant, Preparation). (various references) | |
Finnish | valmius (preparedness), taipuvaisuus (disposition, inclination, leaning, tendency, willingness), suostuvaisuus (willingness), halukkuus (eagerness, willingness). (various references) | |
French | inclination, facilité, empressement, disponibilité, désir, bonne volonté. (various references) | |
German | bereitschaft (duty, preparation, preparedness, stand by, standby, willingness). (various references) | |
Greek | προθυμία (alacrity, eagerness, forwardness, gameness, neighborliness, neighbourliness, promptitude, promptness, towardness, willingness), ετοιμότησ (gaminess, promptitude), ετοιμότητα (alertness, gaminess, preparedness, presence of mind, promptitude, stand-by). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כו ות (alertness, preparedness, vigilance), "כ " (concoction, making, preparation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | könnyedség (airiness, ease, facility, flippancy, fluency, gracefulness, jauntiness), készség (ease, facility, promptitude, promptness, skill, wholeheartedness, willingness), készenlét (alert, alertness, preparedness, standby). (various references) | |
Icelandic | fúsleiki. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kesiagaan (awareness), kesediaan (availability, willingness). (various references) | |
Italian | prontezza (aptitude, arousal, expedition, fluency, promptness, quickness, sharpness, smartness), facilit (easiness, facility, fluency, lightness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 覚悟 (preparedness, resignation, resolution). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かく" (object, preparedness, resignation, resolution), ""ろがまえ (preparedness), ""ろがけ (aim, dedication, intention, mental attitude). (various references) | |
Korean | 준비완료상태. (various references) | |
Manx | ullid (preparedness), arryltys (alacrity, willingness), arryltid (agreeableness, alacrity), appeeys (maturity, ripeness), appeeid (maturity, ripeness), aarlooid (preparation, preparedness, ready). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eadinessray.(various references) | |
Polish | gotowość. (various references) | |
Portuguese | rapidez (celerity, despatch, dispatch, expedition, fastness, legerity, promptitude, quickness, rapidity, speed, velocity), viveza (smartness), vivacidade (abandon, animation, bounce, brightness, color, colour, fervent, flotation, ginger, hasty, life, liveliness, mettle, nimbus, quickness, quicksilver, raciness, snap, verve, vivacity, warmth), prontidão (address, despatch, dispatch, expedition, haste, leggings, promptitude), facilidade (ease, easiness, facility), desembaraço (aplomb, flippancy, legerity, promptitude, resourcefulness), boa vontade (benevolence, goodwill, willingness). (various references) | |
Romanian | zel (Ardor, ardour, devoutness, eagerness, earnestness, fervour, forwardness, gumption, metal, mettle, solicitude, vim, warmth, zeal), uşurinţã (carelessness, ease, easiness, facility, flimsiness, frivolity, glibness, levity, light-mindedness, rashness, recklessness, wantonness), promptitudine (dispatch, enterprise, expedience, expediency, expedition, forwardness, promptitude), grabã (cursoriness, dispatch, expedition, forwardness, haste, hastiness, hurry, pelt, press, quickness, rapture, rush, scamper, speed), bunãvoinţã (amiability, amicableness, benevolence, charity, clemency, condescension, friendliness, good will, goodwill, grace, graciousness, humanity, kindness, patronage, stoop, willingness). (various references) | |
Russian | готовность (alacrity, preparedness, trimness, willingness). (various references) | |
Scottish | gleusdachd (alacrity, expertness), deisead (elegance, handsomeness), ùrlaim. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | spremnost (competence, competency, forwardness, preparedness, willingness), pripravnost (alacrity, standby). (various references) | |
Spanish | prontitud (alacrity, despatch, dispatch, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speeding, velocity), preparación (beneficiation, concoction, development roadways, dressing, heading out, layout, making, preparation, preparedness, processing, ready, training, treatment), disponibilidad (availability, degree of availability), buena disposición. (various references) | |
Swedish | villighet (willingness). (various references) | |
Thai | ความพร้อม. (various references) | |
Turkish | istek (adjuration, alacrity, appetite, aspiration, avidity, bent, claim, demand, desire, device, devoutness, disposition, earnestness, enthusiasm, grace, hunger, instance, intentness, mind, pleasure, propensity, relish, request, requirement, requisition, stomach, studiousness, suit, urge, want, will, wish, zeal), hazır olma (forwardness, on deck, preparedness), hızlılık (fastness, speed, speediness), gönüllülük (voluntariness, willingness), can atma (alacrity, anxiety, aspiration, eagerness, itch, longing), atiklik (agility, alertness, lightness), çabukluk (celerity, expedition, fastness, haste, lightness, nimbleness, promptitude, promptness, quickness, speed, speediness, swiftness). (various references) | |
Ukranian | спритність (ability, activity, adroitness, agility, alertness, artfulness, cleverness, deftness, efficiency, knack, nimbleness, policy, sleight), готовність (alacrity, forwardness, preparation, preparedness, promptitude, willingness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thiện ý sự lưu loát, sự nhanh nhẹn (activity, agility, lissomness), sự lanh lợi (agility, cleverness, subtilty, subtlety). (various references) | |
Welsh | parodrwydd (alacrity, willingness). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | animus promptus, facilitate. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 17, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Outoi de hsan eugenesteroi twn en qessalonikh oitineV edexanto ton logon meta pashV proqumiaV to kaq hmeran anakrinonteV taV grafaV ei ecoi tauta outwV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Hii autem erant nobiliores eorum qui sunt Thessalonicae qui susceperunt verbum cum omni aviditate cotidie scrutantes scripturas si haec ita se haberent |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But these weren the worthier of hem that ben at Thessolonik, whiche resseyueden the word with al desire, eche dai sekinge scripturis, if these thingis hadden hem so. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | These were the noblest of byrthe amonge the of Thessalonia which receaved the worde wt all diligence of mynde and searched ye scriptures dayly whether those thinges were even so. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 17, Verse 11 |
| Albanian | Por këta ishin më fisnikë nga ndjenjat se ata të Thesalonikit dhe e pranuan fjalën me gatishmëri të madhe, duke i shqyrtuar çdo ditë Shkrimet për të parë nëse këto gjëra ishin ashtu. |
| Bulgarian | И така мнозина от тях повярваха, и от високопоставените гъркини и от мъжете не малко. |
| Cebuano | Ug kining mga Judioa mabuot pa kay sa mga Judio didto sa Tesalonica, kay kini sila midawat man sa pulong uban sa bug-os nga pagkamasibuton, nga sa adlaw-adlaw nanagtoon sa kasulatan, sa pagsusi kon tinuod ba gayud ang mga butang nga gisulti kanila. |
| Chinese | 這 地 方 的 人 、 賢 於 帖 '' 羅 尼 迦 的 人 、 " 心 受 這 " 、 天 天 考 查 聖 " 、 要 曉 得 這 " 是 與 不 是 。 |
| Croatian | Ovi su Židovi bili plemenitiji od solunskih: primili su Rijeè sa svom spremnošæu i danomice istraživali Pisma, da li je to tako. |
| Danish | Men disse vare mere velsindede end de i Thessalonika, de modtoge Ordet med al Redebonhed og ransagede daglig Skrifterne, om disse Ting forholdt sig således. |
| Dutch | En dezen waren edeler, dan die te Thessalonica waren, als die het woord ontvingen met alle toegenegenheid, onderzoekende dagelijks de Schriften, of deze dingen alzo waren. |
| Finnish | Nämä olivat jalompia kuin Tessalonikan juutalaiset; he ottivat sanan vastaan hyvin halukkaasti ja tutkivat joka päivä kirjoituksia, oliko asia niin. |
| French | Ces Juifs avaient des sentiments plus nobles que ceux de Thessalonique; ils reçurent la parole avec beaucoup d`empressement, et ils examinaient chaque jour les Écritures, pour voir si ce qu`on leur disait était exact. |
| German | Diese aber waren edler denn die zu Thessalonich; die nahmen das Wort auf ganz willig und forschten täglich in der Schrift, ob sich's also verhielte. |
| Haitian Creole | Jwif Bere yo te gen pi bon santiman pase sa Tesalonik yo: yo te resevwa pawòl la byen vit san traka. Chak jou yo t'ap egzaminen sa ki te ekri nan Liv la pou wè si sa Pòl t'ap di yo a se vre. |
| Hungarian | Ezek pedig nemesb lelkûek valának a Thessalonikabelieknél, úgymint kik bevevék az ígét teljes készséggel, naponként tudakozva az írásokat, ha úgy vannak-é ezek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang-orang di Berea lebih terbuka hatinya daripada orang-orang di Tesalonika. Dengan senang hati mereka mendengarkan berita tentang Yesus, dan setiap hari mereka menyelidiki Alkitab untuk mengetahui apakah pengajaran Paulus itu benar. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka orang yang di situ lebih baik daripada orang yang di Tesalonika itu, karena orang-orang ini telah menerima firman itu dengan sukacitanya serta sehari-hari menyelidiki isi Alkitab kalau sungguh hal itu demikian. |
| Italian | Questi erano di sentimenti più nobili di quelli di Tessalonica ed accolsero la parola con grande entusiasmo, esaminando ogni giorno le Scritture per vedere se le cose stavano davvero così. |
| Korean | 뢰 아 사 람 은 데 살 로 니 가 에 있 " 사 람 보 다 " 사 이 어 서 간 한 마 음 으 로 말 " 을 받 이 것 이 그 러 한 가 하 여 마 다 성 경 을 상 하 므 로 |
| Latvian | Ðie bija cildenâki nekâ tesalonîíieði. Viòi visai labprâtîgi uzòçma vârdu, pçtîdami ik dienas Rakstus, vai tas tâ ir. |
| Maori | Engari enei i nui atu te ahua rangatira i to nga tangata o Teharonika, i hohoro tonu ratou te tango i te kupu, a i tenei ra, i tenei ra i rapu i roto i nga karaipiture i te tikanga o enei mea. |
| Modern Greek | Ουτοι δε ησαν ευγενεστεροι παρα τους εν Θεσσαλονικη, καθοτι εδεχθησαν τον λογον μετα πασης προθυμιας, εξεταζοντες καθ' ημεραν τας γραφας αν ουτως εχωσι ταυτα. |
| Norwegian | Men disse var av et edlere sinn enn de i Tessalonika; de tok imot ordet med all godvilje, og gransket daglig i skriftene om det var således som det blev sagt dem. |
| Portuguese | Ora, estes eram mais nobres do que os de Tessalônica, porque receberam a palavra com toda avidez, examinando diariamente as Escrituras para ver se estas coisas eram assim. |
| Rumanian | Iudeii acewtia aveau o inimq mai aleasq deckt cei din Tesalonic. Au primit Cuvkntul cu toatq rkvna, wi cercetau Scripturile kn fiecare zi, ca sq vadq dacq ce li se spunea, este awa. |
| Russian | ъ"ЕЫОЙЕ 'ЩМЙ 'МБЗПНЩУМЕООЕЕ жЕУУБМПОЙЛУЛЙИ: ПОЙ ТЙОСМЙ УМПЧП УП ЧУЕН ХУЕТ"ЙЕН, ЕЦЕ"ОЕЧОП ТБЪ'ЙТБС рЙУБОЙС, ФПЮОП МЙ ЬФП ФБЛ. |
| Shuar | Piríanmaya aentska Tisarúnikianmaya aentsjainkia nankaamas pénker Enentáimkia ármiayi. Tuke Enentáijiai Yus-Chichaman ántiarmiayi. Túrawar tuke tsawant imia ninkisha Papru tana nuna nekasashit tusar Yusa papirin ii wearmiayi. |
| Spanish | Éstos eran más nobles que los de Tesalónica, pues recibieron la palabra ávidamente, escudriñando cada día las Escrituras para verificar si estas cosas eran así. |
| Swahili | Watu wa huko walikuwa wasikivu zaidi kuliko wale wa Thesalonika. Waliupokea ule ujumbe kwa hamu kubwa, wakawa wanayachunguza Maandiko Matakatifu kila siku, ili kuona kama yale waliyosema Paulo na Sila yalikuwa kweli. |
| Swedish | Dessa voro ädlare till sinnes än judarna i Tessalonika; de togo emot ordet med all villighet och rannsakade var dag skrifterna, för att se om det förhölle sig såsom nu sades. >Joh. 5,39. |
| Thai | ชาวเมืองนั้นสุ าพกว่าชาวเมืองเธสะโลนิกา "้วยเขาไ"้รับพระวจนะ"้วยความเต็มใจ และค้น"ูพระคัม ีร์ทุกวัน หวังจะรู้ว่า ข้อความเหล่านั้นจะจริง"ังกล่าวหรือไม่ |
| Ukrainian | Ці були шляхетніші за солунян, і слова прийняли з повним запалом, і Писання досліджували день-у-день, чи так воно ". |
| Uma | To Yahudi to hi Berea toera, lompe' nono-ra, uma-ra hewa to hi Tesalonika. Goe' -ra mpo'epe Kareba Yesus, pai' butu eo-na rapewulihi' Buku Tomoroli' bona ra'inca ba makono lolita Paulus ba uma. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "readiness": readinesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "readiness": threadiness, unreadiness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "readiness": threadinesses, unreadinesses. (additional references) | |
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"Readiness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Radonezh, readinesses, readness, readyness, reediness, Rendzinas, roudiness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "readiness" (pronounced re"dēnus) |
| 6 | -e" d ē n u s | steadiness. |
| 5 | -d ē n u s | cloudiness, rowdiness, sturdiness, tardiness, unwieldiness. |
| 4 | -ē n u s | airworthiness, arbitrariness, bagginess, cleanliness, clumsiness, cockiness, contrariness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, creepiness, deadliness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, edginess, emptiness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, ghastliness, hairiness, happiness, holiness, laziness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, nastiness, niggardliness, nosiness, orderliness, pettiness, queasiness, raciness, riskiness, roominess, scantiness, shakiness, silliness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, solitariness, stinginess, tastiness, timeliness, trustworthiness, ugliness, uneasiness, unhappiness, wariness, weariness, wimpiness, worldliness, worthiness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, Conus, coolness, correctness, creativeness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, effectiveness, elusiveness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, fullness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, handedness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, quickness, quietness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, robustness, roughness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, truthfulness, unconsciousness, unfairness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: arsenides, nearsides. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-n-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: aniseeds, aridness, arsenide, dearness, direness, nearside, sardines. | |
-2 letters: aniseed, arsines, dearies, deniers, desires, disease, endears, nereids, randies, readies, redness, resedas, resends, resides, resined, sanders, sandier, sardine, seaside, seiners, senders, sereins, serines. | |
-3 letters: aedine, aeried, aeries, aiders, anises, arisen, arises, arsine, asides, daises, dassie, deairs, dearie, denari, denars, denier, denies, denser, desire, dienes, dieses, dinars, diners, drains, earned, easier, easies, eiders, endear, enders, erased, erases, irades, nadirs, neared, nereid, nereis, rained, raised, raises, ranees, ranids, redans, rediae, redias, reined, resaid, reseda, resend, reside, resids, resins, rinsed, rinses, sained, sander, sanies, sansei, sarees, sarins, sarsen, seared, sedans, seders, seined, seiner, seines, seised, seiser, sender, sensed, serais, serein, series, serine, serins, sirees, sirens, snared, snares, sneers, snider. | |
-4 letters: aedes, aerie, aider, aides, aired, airns, anise, arise, arses, arsis, aside, assed, dares, darns, deair, deans, dears, deers, denar, denes, dense, diene, dinar, diner, dines, drain, drees, dress, dries, eared, earns, eased, eases, eider, ender, erase, ernes, erses, ideas, irade, nadir, nards, nares, naris, nears, needs, nerds, nides, raids, rains, raise, rands, ranee, ranid, ranis, rased, rases, reads, redan, redes, redia, reeds, reins, rends, resid, resin, rides, rinds, rinse, risen, rises, sades, sadis, saids, sains, sands, saned, saner, sanes, sards, saree, sarin, saris, sasin, sears, sedan, seder, seeds, seers, seine, seise, sends, sensa, sense, serai, sered, seres, serin, sides, sines, sired, siree, siren, sires, snare, sneds, sneer, snide. | |
-5 letters: aide, aids, ains, airn, airs, ands, anes, anis, ares, arid, arse, dais, dare, darn, dean, dear, deer, dees, dene, deni, dens, dere, dies, dine, dins, dire, diss, dree, earn, ears, ease, eide, ends, eras, erne, erns, eses, idea, ides, ired, ires, nard, near, need, nerd, ness, nide, rads, raid, rain, rand, rani, rase, read, rede, reds, reed, rees, rein, reis, rend, rias, ride, rids, rind, rins, rise, sade, sadi, said, sain, sand, sane, sans, sard, sari, sear, seas, seed, seen, seer, sees, seis, send, sene, sera, sere, sers, side, sine, sins, sire, sirs, sned, sris. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-n-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: aridnesses, dreaminess, dreariness, gesneriads, reassigned. | |
+2 letters: acridnesses, disheartens, hardinesses, pedestrians, preassigned, rabidnesses, rapidnesses, readinesses, secondaries, tardinesses, threadiness, unreadiness. | |
+3 letters: adenoviruses, adroitnesses, androgenesis, daringnesses, debonairness, desecrations, desipramines, desperations, dispensaries, disseverance, draftinesses, dreaminesses, drearinesses, inwardnesses, merchandises, misdemeanors, personalised, rancidnesses, readdressing, semidarkness, tawdrinesses, undesirables. | |
+4 letters: admirableness, adversariness, comradeliness, considerables, cordialnesses, darlingnesses, desiderations, desirableness, disagreements, discrepancies, disenchanters, disintegrates, disorientates, disparateness, disseverances, endoparasites, grandioseness, headshrinkers, merchandisers, misadventures, misapprehends, pedestrianism, predesignates, predestinates, radicalnesses, secondariness, semisedentary, serodiagnoses, stipendiaries, threadinesses, underemphasis, unreadinesses. | |
+5 letters: advertisements, antidepressant, antidepression, arrondissement, bigheartedness, coordinateness, cowardlinesses, credentialisms, creditableness, debonairnesses, decorativeness, deforestations, deliberateness, demonstratives, depersonalizes, derivativeness, desegregations, deuteragonists, dilatorinesses, disappearances, disenfranchise, disparagements, dispensatories, dwarfishnesses, endocarditises, farsightedness, formidableness, immoderateness, inordinateness, neuraminidases, ordinarinesses, pedestrianisms, predestinators, radiosensitive, reconsolidates, semidarknesses, superinsulated, towardlinesses, underestimates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 61 64 69 6E 65 73 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . .- -.. .. -. . ... ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100001 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e a d i n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0061 0064 0069 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527167707580718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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